Cash and autographic register.



C. F. KETTERING 6I W. A. CHRYST. I

CASH AND AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. II, 1909.

1,137,062. Patented Apr. 21 1915 9 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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CASH AND AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICAHON men FEB. 11. 1909.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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C; KETTERING & W. A. CHRYST.

CASH AND AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICAT 1ON FILED FEB. 11. 1909.

1,137,062, Pafnted Apr. 27, 1915' 9 SHEETS-SHEET 3- c. F. K ET TEfiiNG &w. A. CHRYS'T.

CASH AND AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1909.

1,137,062. Patented Apr. 27,1915.

C. F. KETTERING &W. A CHRYST. CASH AND AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLTEATION FILED FEB. H, 1909.

"1,137,062. Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11. 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11. 1909.

' YC.YFA,QYKETTE'RING &'w. A. CHRYST.

, CASH AND AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPUQTION FILED FEB- H, 1909.

Patent-ed Apr. 27, 1915.

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c. F. KEfTERING & w. A. CHRYST.

CASH AND AUTOGRAPHIC REGlSTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. n. 1909.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT o n:-

CHARLES F. KETTERING AND WILLIAM A. GHRYS'I, OF

DAYTOIL; onxo, As'smnoiijs' To THE NATIONAL casn REGISTER COMPANY, orDAYTON, c1110, A conronn'rion on: '1

OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906i CASH AND 'AUTOGBAPHIG REGISTER.

Application filed February 11, 1909. Serial No.477,419.

' To all whom it may concern Be itknown that we, (humans F. KETTER- INGand WILLIAM 'A. CHRYsT, citizens of the United States, residing atDayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin Cash and Autographic Registers, ofwhich we declare the following to bee full, clear, and exactdescription.

, This invention relates to cash registers and more particularly to cashregisters of the type described in a prior application filed by CharlesF. Kettering and William A. Chryst, Serial No. 451,446, filed September21, 1908, to which reference may be had for a complete description ofsuch parts of the machine as do not relate directly to the presentinvention.

The machine of the prior application was ofgthe drawer operated type,having keys on which the details or elements of transactions might beindicated, the movement of the drawer or receptacle supplying power forthe moving parts of the machine. The present invention utilizes many ofthe mechanical movements of the prior machine, though differing in someparticulars, and discloses improvements on said prior machine in severalrespects.

make more extended records of transactions than is permitted by theavailable register keys; This end may be attained by the addition of aso-calledautographic attachment or device, this being adevice having 9.rec- 0rd material on which any desired matter may be recorded. Theprovision of such an attachment is another object in the present case,and, as disclosed herein,-it comprises a record material and feeding"and carrying meah's therefore, which may be'readil'y attached to ordetached from the register proper, and when so attached are connectedfor operation to the actuating devices of the mechanical register.

. In the construction disclosed the object of simplicity. is attained byan interlocking construction of parts so that fit-he autographic devicemay be 'putftogether without screwsior rivets, whereby the re-Speeification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 27,1915- I placing of therecord' -mat'erial is rendered easy.

p The construction of the register proper has been improved in" severalrespects among which may be noted the provisionof means whereby acompletedepression'or actuation of the totalizer resetting key-iscompelled, together with improved devices, for actuating the key detentsfor feeding'the rectird material in the usual recording device, and forreleasing the cash receptacle, and these improvements mentioned are alsoamong the objects of the invention. In connection with the resetting keyit may be pointed out that the construction provides means for eitherpositively forcing the key outward or inward to its fullyactuatedposition if it is left in an intermediate position.

With these and incidental objects in view the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described withreference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this secification. Of sai drawings: Figure 1, is a-perspec; tive view oftheentire machine. ,'Fig. ,2 is a right end elevation of the cash{'Ijr'egister with the cabinet removed. Fig. 3 isfaftransverse verticalsection o'f the .mechanical r egindicators. 'Fig. 3 is a detail ofa'frestoiiilig device for the differential mechanism. Fig.3"

isa detail of part of. the indicator and type.

wheel setting mechanism. Fig. 4 illustrates" theresettin key and itssafety device and also the race anism which controls the mesh?- ing ofthe ,totalizerand the actuating segmen ti of the diiierential'mechanism. Fig.5

illustrates the mechanism which controls the locking movement of; thekey locking'yd tents and moves: the key' lecking deteritsini ofengagement with the keys upon the completion of an operation of themachine. '1 his view also illustrates the combined, machine lock andstop which prevents movement of the driving mechanism beyond its homeposition. Fig. 5 is a detail of a lever which is part of the lockingmechanism shown in Big. 5. Fig. 6 illustrates the nonlocking key detentand the ,key locking detent and part of the mechanisms which operate thesame to release the keys upon the completion of an operation of themachine. Fig. 7 illustrates the actuating devices for the platen of theprinting mechanism and the means which are actuated by the resetting keyfor causing these devices to become inoperative upon the depression ofthe resetting key. Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical sectional view of theprinting mechanism and the autographic attachment. illustrates inperspective the two units of the autographic frameseparated from eachother. big. 10 is a transverse vertical sectional view of theautographic device but with its casing removed.

The register illustrated in the drawings is adapted by means of printingmechanism and a totalizer mechanically to record individual amounts of.transactions by printing and accumulating. It is also adapted by meansof initial keys controlling a type carrier to cause the printingmechanism to identify each record with the operator who caused therecord to be made.

' special keys, such as Charge, Pald out,

"Jtion, whether Cash, Received on 210- The machine is provided with abank of and Received on account, the depression of any one of which willcause the amount set up on the key board to be recorded by the printingmechanism upon the operation of the machine, but not to be added to'theamount which is accumulated by the totalizer. The register is providedwith indicating devices which indicate the amount of fach record, thenature of the transaccount, etc., andr' also the initial of the operatorwho recorded the transaction. Theregister is also provided with anautographic attachment wliich.'feeds a strip of paper one step upon-theoperation of the machine. This autographic attachmentj-jis useful forreceiviiig written notes regarding any transaction which isJ'recorded inthe 'register or for receiving recordsv which arenot re-- corded bymeans of the cash register. 'In the latter case the autographic paperribbon is fed by an idle operation of the re ister without-firstdepressing any of t e amount keys, ,in which case,'it is merelynecessary to depress one of the initial keys and a special key andthen'rotate the crank of the register.

l The amount keys are arranged in banks of different denominationalvalues and Fig. 9,

serve as stops for oscillating segments of the difierential mechanism.These segments are normally held in their zero'positions by means ofzero plungers which are controlled by the amount keys and a retainingdevice then actuated, th e segments will move forwardly under the actionof=their springs until stops carried by the segments reach the de ressedkeys. With-reference to a single the segment for such bank will move oneunit of its entire movement, whereas if a higher key is depressed, thesegment will move the number of units which such higher key represents.When the segments are at rest in their moved positions, the totalizer ismeshed with the segments and the segments are then returned to theirzero posicions, thus rotating pinions an amount which corresponds withthe extent of forward movement of the segments. The segment gears areconnected with type carriers to cause the type carriers to be properlypositioned, but independent devices are provided for causing themovement of the printing type carriers. It is while the segments are atrest in their forward positions that the platen is operated to take animpression from the type carriers. The-amount-of any particulartransaction is by this means recorded on the strip of detail paper.

When it is desired to reset the totalizer it is merely necessary todepress the resetting key and then rotate the crank. Depression of theresetting key causes all of the zero plungers to be moved out ofthepaths of the segments of the 'ditferentialmechanism and also causesthe totalizer to remain in mesh with the segments durin the, forwardmovement of the segments. 11 this case, the segments move forwardly farenough to cause each totaliz'er pinion to be backwardly roank, if theone key is depressed, I

tated to its zero position, at which position ing beyond their zeropositions. The totalizer is then moved out of meshwith its actuatingsegments and the segments are returned to their home position. Upon thereturn of the se ments to their home positions, this-resetting ey isreleased and the machine is en in condition to receive new records. hedriving mechanism is arranged to cause the paper strip of the'printingmechanism to be fed one step toward the end of each operation of themachine. The feed ing device of the paper strip of the printingmephanism is linked to the feeding device of the paper strip of theautographic attachment for the purpose of operating the feed in deviceof the autographic strip.

e cash register consists principally of a plurality of such units as areillustrated in Fig. 3L There is one such unit denominational division ofthe machine and alsoa similar unit for the bank of special keys and onefor the bank "of initial keys, but

' I izer, though in these two last mentioned units are not providedwithmeans foraetuating the totalother respects they are similar to theunit il1ustrated'bylfig, 3. Only one unit will be described in order togive a general idea of the construction of the cash register. The amountkeys 1 of each bank are slidably mounted in the frame 2 and are arrangedradially with respect to the segment 3 in a vertical plane with thesegment and equall 'gath of 'the'projection 11 of the segment 3.

' the springs :the detent downwardly when keys are der 8 of the key willretain the key in its -jd epressed position. If a key hasbeen depressedby mistake it is then only necessary to depress the proper key, as whensuch key cams the detent 6 downwardly, the key which had been reviouslydepressed Will be released. The keys are so ,arran ed that -;whendepressed, their shanks wil project into the-channel 10, which is cut inthe frame 2, and, in this position, p ath of the projection 11 of thesegment 3. he detent 6 carries a pin 12 which when the detent isrocked'downwardly upon the depression of one of the keys rocks the arm13, which is pivoted at 14to the frame 2 to carry the lug 15 of thearm13 out of the he lug15 is, situated at a point on the arm inorally toprevent the segment 3 from injioving forwardly from its zero position,-5

'. :g'After the proper keys have-been depressed,

the crank 16, (see Fig. 2),

and therefore may be termed a zero plunger.

. istwioe rotated. ilhecranx 16 is'mountedn r 17 and i rigidwith a-simiai' sized gear'18 which mfihes with a gear 19 and this in turn tinesheswith agear 20 which is of twice the diameter of the gear'18, and,therefore, twootations'of the'crank cause-one rotationof a mamm ry-t 6the gear'20. The gear 20 carriesa r'oller21 .0 which lev" r is pivotedon stub shaft 17 and extendinginto the slot 22- of the lever 23,

link 25 to the main oper gatingarni' 24, "which ispivoted at 26 to thesideframe 27. Theirotation of the gear 20 consequent of: the ;,pin

for each is as;

the pin 5 will be in the.

one stub shaft c ri hy the sh causes the lever 23 to be oscillatedaround .the stub shaft 17 and as this lever is linked to the arm 24, thearm 24 will be correspondoscillated.

e arm 24 is connected by a link 28 to the lever 29 which lever issecured to the shaft 30. By this connection, when the arm 24 isoscillated, the shaft 30 will oscillate in accordance. The shaft 30 (seeFig. 3) carries the slotted cam arm 34 into the slot of which extends aroller 35 which is carried by studs 37 mountedon the side frames. Y

A rod 38 is carried by the arms 36 and extends beneath all of theshoulders 39 of the segments 3. When the shaft 30 is oscillated, the arm34 is first carried upwardly and thereby forces the arms 36 and rod 38downwardly, thus permitting all of the segments 3 of the banks in whichkeys have been depressed tomove downwardly under the action of theirsprings 41 which are stretched a pair of arms 36 which are pivotedonbetween the rod 42, mounted on the side frames, and the pins 43 whichare carried by each of the segments 3 upon rearwardly ex-' tending arms44 thereof. The segments are stopped by the shanks of the keys which aredepressed, but wh n the rod 38 passes the lowest point whicfi theshoulders 39 of the segments 3 may reach, the concentric part 45 of theslot in the cam arm roller 35 and will, therefore, permit the rod 38 toremain at rest for a certain eriod at its. lowest position. At this'timethe pawls 46 are rocked into engagement with the alin ing teeth 47 ofthe segments 3 and thus lock the segments in their moved positions.

The alining pawls 46 are all rigidly mounted on theshaft-48 whichalsocarries the arm 49, connected by 'a link 50 to the bell crank lever51. The bell crank lever 51 is oscillated to carry the pawlsj 46 intoengagement' with the alining teeth 47 by the slotted cam "member 52,WlllCll acts upon the roller 53 of-thebell cranklever 51. The c am 52 isrigidly earried by the oscillating shaft 30 and thesl t 54 in the cam 52is concentric to the shaft-3O .at the points 55 and 56,

but the t'wop'artsof the slot 54 areofiset.

from eachother, conse uently the eil'ective part of the cam is at 5 andis so, situated as to cause the bell crank lever 51"to be rocked tocarry the pawls'46 into enga e; ment with the slining'.-teeth 47 when te segments 3' are at rest iii their-,ad'usted positions. Each segmenthas pivoted thereto at 58 a beam or link 59. The rearward ends of thebeani'ir'59 are ,pivotally connected at 60 toithe links Gland midwabetween the pivots 58 and 60 carry the rol 1 era 66. In the normalzero'position of all parts, .these rollers 66 are in the line of studs Inectedf'at62'to'the arms63 which are ri 37. The links'61are pivotally.con

iv ee flej h 95 34 reaches the I beam 59 is rocked around its pivot 60ac- 'cordingly an extent which corresponds to the extent of movement ofthe segment 3-- and when so rocked carries its roller 66 out of thenormal zero position, in which it is shown'in Fig. 3, toward the curvededge 75 of the fork like cam 76, which is secured to the shaft 77 towhich shaft a slotted arm 276 is securely fastened. Oscillating shaft 30has secured thereto an arm 275 provided with a roller 277 (Fig. 3*)extending into the slot in cam 276. The slot in cam 276 is so formedthat when arm 275 rocks upward and after segments 3 are alined in theirset positions, cam 276, shaft 77 and the members 76 will rockrearwardly, the surface 75 engaging the roller 66 and thereby causingthe-same to be returned to its zero position, but when the roller 66 isreturned to its zero position, the beam 59 cannot be rocked around itspivot 60, as the pawl 4-6 at this time engages the alining' teeth of thesegments 3 and therefore holds the pivot 58 in a fixed position. Thebeam 59 will, therefore, be rocked around its pivot 58 when the cam 76rocks rearwardly, and wall cause longitudinal movement of the links 61and 69 according to the distance between the zero position of the roller66 and the position of the roller 66 when first engaged by the cam 76.

The longitudinal movement of the links 61 and 69 causes the indicator 73to be rotated to indicate the amount represented by the depressed keyand through the connections at 62, 63, 64, and 67 causes thecorresponding type of the segment 68 to be brought to the printing linein position to effect the impression of the amount represented, by thekey. After the indicator and type segment have been set, the shaft 30 isrocked back toits initial position. The pawl 46 is thereby disengagedfrom the segment 3 and the rod 38 is carried upwardly to its homeposition, thus causing the 'seg-. ment 3 to return to its zero position.This movement of the segment 3 willcause the beam 59 to berocked'upwardly around the pivot 60 and will thus carry the roller 66 adistance above its zero position, which "is equal to the distance whichit has been moved below its zero position. This being th case, if on thenext operation of the machine, no key is depresed, when the cam 76 isrocked forwardly it will return the roller 66 to its zero position,thereby rocking the beam 59 around its pivot 58 downwardly enough tocause the indicator :to be returned to itszeroposition andthecorresponding type segment to bring the zero type to the printing line.Supposing that a key had been depressed in the operation which was lastdescribed, the roller 62 would be moved upon the forward movement of thesegment 3' a number of units of its full nine units of. movement equalto the difference betweenthe amount represented by the key depressedandthe amoimt of the key which had been depressed in the previousoperation. For instance, if the key which had been depressed on theprevious operation of the machine was the key which represents f two, atthe end of the operation the rolli62 would be left two units distanceabove its zero position. Now, if upon the next operation i of themachine, the key which represents three is depressed, the roll 62 willbe carried downwardly one unit past its zero position, and when the cam76 is moved rearwardly, the-roll 62 will move upwardly. only one unit,but this one unit will cause the indicator-to 'be movedifrom theposition position in in which it indicates two to the which it indicatesthree.

When the segments 3 are at restin their lower positions, thetotalizer'78 isrocked mto mesh with the segment gears 79 which aresecured to the segments- 3 by a connection permitting one step of lostmotion and remain in mesh with the segment gears 79 during the returnmovement of the segment 3. and thus the totalizer pinions will beretat'ed accordingto the extent of movement of the segments 3. Thetotalizer pinions are arranged to trip detents for the purpose'ofeffecting transfers, which detents control an extra'unit of movement ofthe segments 79 which for this purpose have a slot and pin connectionwith the segments 3. The totalizer ls'carried by a framewhich ismounted'.of the segments 3. The shaft 80 carriesfthe arms 81 and 82, Fig. 4, andone of these arms is engaged by the forkedmembcr 83 to rock the shaft.80 at the properitims." The 'me'iti-f ber 83 is pivoted at 84.-;to thebell crank lever 85, which is pivotedat 86,-to the' side frame 27 andthe bell crank ilever: 285 is connected by a link 87 to the'bellcra hklever 88, pivoted to theisi'de} {name at89 bellfcrank lever 85 carries ar011 90 the bell crank lever 88 carries a roll Qh-whgch'rollsare inposition tdibe engaged a pawl 92, pivota1ly carried by-the arm 24' onpin 93, when the arm 24 rocks forwardly as indicated by the arrow,94,but upon the return of the arm 24,

the pawl 92 idly wipes over the rollers 90 and 91. I The pawl 92 engagesthe roller 91 soon ,after the crank 16 starts to rotate and will therebypush the link 87in the direction of its; length as indicated by thearrow 95. This will cause thebell crank lever 85 to force the member'83upwardly and thereby cause thetotalizer to be moved out of mesh.p0sitions, at which time the pawl 92 engages the roller '90 and therebyreturns the bell crank lever 85 to its normal position, thus causing themember 83 to be drawn downwardly and rock the totalizer into mesh withthe segments 3, the totalizer remaining in mesh during the returnmovement of the segments '3 and until the crank 16 starts to rotate uponthe next succeeding operation of the machine.

The special keys control devices which I when any of the special keysare depressed will rock the arm 83 about its pivot 84 to carry the roll96 into the large opening 97 of the arm 81, though not far enough tocarry the roll 98' into the. notch .99 of the lever 82; but themechanismavhich causes the arm 83 'to be so rocked and which iscontrolled by the special keys'does not operate until after the pawl 92engages the roll .91 when the arm 24 is movingin a forward direction, asindicated by the arrow, but does-operate beforethe pawl 92 reaches theroll 90'. When one of the special keys depressed,'the pawl 92 will,therefore, engage the roll 91 and rock the totalizer out of mesh withthe segments 3'upon the beginning of .the forward stroke of the arm 24,but the arm 83 is then.

. moved to the inoperative position,-as,ex-

plained, andiwhen the pawl strikes the roll 90, theposition of thetotalizer will be 1111 affected, that is, it will remain outof mesh withthe segment actuators .79, and for this reason, upon the return of thesegments when special transactions are recorded, the

amount will not beaccumulated by the totalby the izer,-the record beinmade merely printing mechanismjiut it is, also indicated asprefviouslydescribed. I

Depression of'the resetting key causes the arm'83 to herocked around itspivot 84 far enough to carry'the roll 98 into the notch 99 of the arm82, which is rigid on the shaft 80 .upon which the totalizeris mounted.When the machine is operated with the arm .83 in this last position, thetime of meshing of the totalizer with the segments 79 is reversed fromthat in which it is meshed with the segments 7 9 when an amount is addedto the totalizer. In resetting operations, the totalizer remains in meshwith the segments 79 during their forward strokes, so as to be reverselyrotated to its zero position, and

when the segments come to rest in forward positions, the tot'alizer ismoved out of mesh and the segments are then returned to theif jf" homepositions, leaving the totalizerres'et.

The resetting key 1:00 is securely fastened, to the shaft 101, whichshaft carries the. 6am arm 102. The arm 102 is arranged to engage a pin103 on the arm 104 when the resetting key is pushed rearwardly and rockthe arm 104 rearwardly, thus moving the link 105 which is pivoted to thearm 104 at 106 rearwardly in a longitudinal direction, and therebyengaging the pin 107 of the arm 83 and rockin the arm far enough tocarry the roll 98 mtothe notch 99. The link 105 is slotted at 108 topermitthe arm 83 to be rocked rearwardly when under the control of thespecial keys without affecting the position of the lever 104.

' Devices are provided which will prevent partial depression. of theresetting 'key 100, and then holding the resetting key in suchintermediate position while operating the -m'aohine, because if thiswere possible, 7

simply'by partly pressin' the key and then operating the hand e, afaulty operation of the machine could be effected. For instance, apartial depression of the key could cause the pin 96 to-be carried intothe opening 97 of the lever 81 and the machine would' then operate asifone of,the

special keys were depressed.

- The devicesfor preventing the holding of the resetting key in a partlydepressed position are illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4, and

comprise theearm 110, which is pivoted .to

the frame at 111, and the arm 112, which is pivoted at 113 to the arm110. The arm 102, which is rigi'd'with the resetting key shaft 101carries at its rear end a roller114, 1

which, when the resettin 7 key is moved rears wardly, engages the sur?.112 and thereby rocks the arm 112. If the key is fully, depressed'pth'eroller pass bGYOIHLQlOAQOlIIt 1160f the ace 115 ofthe arm resettin 114will arm 112;, and/ the arm 112 will then rock rearwardly to carry thepoint 116 over the roller 114, it being .weighted at 117 for thispurpose. It will thereby preventthe return of the ressetting key untilthe completionof the operation of the machine,

when the arm 110' is rocked forwardlyjfrom its pivot, thereb carryingthe arm -112-out of the path of t e roller 114. The arm; 110

alsoextends rearwardly from the pivot 111;

at 118, and at the rear end of the arm 118,

carries the lever '119, which. is pivoted to the 'downwar arm 118 at120, and carries a pin 121 extending into a circular opening 122 in thearm 118, and is thereby permitted to rock from its pivot 120 only averyslight amount.

The arm 119 carries a roller 123 which "thereby forces the bell cranklever 125 to rock upwardly, as indicated by the arrow .126. The arm 110of the bell crank lever 125 is provided with a V-shaped projection ,at127; which, when the arm 110. is rocked rearwardly, will, if theresetting key is only partly depressed, engage the roller 114 of the arm102 and positively either cam the arm 102 to carry the roll 114 belowthe point 116 of the arm 112, or else it will positively force the arm102 upwardly and return the resetting key to its undepressed position.

The direction in which the arm 102 isrocked in this case dependsaltogether on the extent that the resetting key 100 has been depressed.

The shaftldl upon which the resetting key 100 is mounted also carries anarm 130 (see Fig. 7), which arm is connected to the bell crank lever 131by means of the link 132. The bell 'cranklever 131 may be rocked by.de'pressin the resetting key to carry the extension 133 of the bellcrank leizer 'from the position indicated by full lines in 'Fig. 7 tothe position indicated by jbroken lines and when in the position indi-"cated by the broken lines it causes the platen mechanism to becomeinoperative, as in this position of the arm 133, the pin 134 of thehook.135 will engage the under surface of the arm 133 when the hook 135is rocked rearwardly, as indicated by the arrow 136,

and will thereby rock the hook 135 aroundits pivot 137 to prevent thehook from engaging the pin 138 of the platen arm 140. he platen 141 isnormallyheld in the position in which'it is shown in Fig. 7 by thespring 142, but upon the operation of 'the machine is ordinarily drawnby the hook 135 forwardly and then released, allowing the platen tospring rearwardly' and cause an impression to be taken from the typecarriers 68 (see Fig. 8). The pawl 135 is pivotally carried bythe lever143, vsbich'is oscillated upon each operation of the machine by means ofthe oscillating shaft 36, which is connected to the lever 143 by thefollowing mechanism. r

The shaft 30 carries an arm 144 (see Fig.

8), which is connected by the link 145 tea. the arm 146, which ispivoted to the frame of the machine at 147. The arm 146 has a downwardlyextending part 148 which is connected by the link 149 to the lever 143.Thus when the shaft 30 is oscillated, the

menses lever 143 win he rocked first the direction indicated by thearrow 186. (see Fig. 2, and then returned to its initial position. Lupon the rockin of the lever 143, the resetting, key is not epressed,the arm 133 of the be 1 crank lever 131 will beout of operative relationwith the pin 134 of .the hook 135, and when the arm 143 is rockedrearwardly, the extension 150 of the hook 1'35 will'be caused to hookover the pin 138 of the platen arm 140 through the action of the spring151 which connects the in 134 of the hook 135 to' the pin 152 exten ingfrom the side of the arm' 143. When the arm 143 is returned its initialposition, the platen 140 will, theses 0 fore, be rocked backwardly fromthe pivot 153 until the extension 154 of the hook 135 engages the pin155, which is,,fixed-to the frame of the machine. When the hook 135 isrocked upwardly, the platen arm 140 is 55 released and-spring'rearwardly through the .action of the sprin '142 to cause an impressionto be taken froin the type carriers 68.

If theresetting key is depressed, the arm 133 will be rocked to; theposition indicated by the broken lines, "(see Fig. 17), and then whenthe arm 143 is oscillated, throughjthe engagement between the pin andthe bottom of the,lever 133, the part 150 of the hook 135 will'be heldup clear of the pin .3 oscillate extents which correspond to the amountaccumulated in the totalizer and,. therefore, accurately set the typecarriers 68 for an 'impression of the total.

It is not always desirable to equip 'the machine with as many typecarries 68 as there are denominational elements in the totalizer. Forinstance, in the machine here illustrated by Fig. 1,there are four banksof amount keys, thus no single item'of morei than fo:ur denominationsmay be registered bythe machine, and the machine is provided with onlyfour amount segments 3, and four type segments 68, but there areargreater number, of denominational elements in the totalize'r: Thecapacity of the totalizeris, for this rea- ;"S 0I1, greater than thecapacity of the key "board or the capacity of the printer, so the totalswhich -1nay be accumulated by the vtotalizer cannot be "printed whenthey include more than four denominationsi- For this reason, the devicesfor causing the printer tobecome inoperative upon resetting operationsvare desirable. These -devic'es would not'be necessary if there were asmany type carriers and amount segments 3- as there are denominationalelements in the totalizer.

When the 'totalizer is to be reset, it is evi- 5 dently necessary torelease the segments 3, as it is these which reversely move thetotalizer elements' The segments are held in zero position by the zeroplungers 13 and, as shown in Fig. 3, the shaft 101 on which theresetting key is mounted is provided with two ri id arms 316 connectedby a frame rod 31 This frame rod is in such a position that actuation ofthe key 101' will rock the rod 317 and'thereby withdraw the plungers 13from the path of the segment- :stops 11. The segments 3 are then free tomove and reset the totalizer elements.

. The oscillating lever 14-3 carries a pawl 156 which, whenth'e lever143 is rocked, as

' indicated by the arrow 136, engages the ratchet 157, which ratchet issecured to a T011158, (see Fig. 8), upon which the strip 1 i i of detailpaper 159 is received from the sup-,

ply roll 160. The stroke of the lever 143 is ofsuoh length as to causethe ratchet 143mrotate a distance equal to one tooth space of theratchet upon each operation of the machine, the arrangement being suchthat the detail paper-159 is fed at the beginning of each operation ofthe machine, before the printin impression is taken. The evice shown at161 '(see Fig. 8), is

an adjustable resilient stop for the platen.

arm 140, by means of which the force with 3 5 which the platen strikesthe type carrier 68 3 and the frame 164 is drawn away from the frame 170. The supply roll 162 is then inal yjbe regulated.

-' j iztographic mcchanism.-Fig. 8 includes a vertical-section of theautographic device and illustrates its construction and paper feedingmechanism: The supply roll 162 of autogra'phic paper is carried by therod 163.

extending from the frame 164 of the auto graphic device. (See Figs. 9and 10.) The paper is led from the supply roll 1 62 over the platform165 down to the receiving roll 166... The. receiving roll is secured tothe ratchet 167 which is'actuated by the pawl 168 (see Fig. 8), which iscarried by the arm 169, pivoted concentrically with the ratchet 167 inthe frame 170. Thearm 169 is connected to the oscillating lever 143 .bythe link 171 and by this means causes the pawls 168to actuate theratchet 167 upon the .return oscillation of the lever 143. Thus thedetail paper 159 and the autographic paper.

v 1 '172 are fed by the same mechanism but the f detail paper is fedupon the forward stroke of the lever 143,.and the autographic paper uponthe return stroke of the lever 143.

i The retaining pawl for the ratchet 167 is pivoted to the frame 170 at17 33(see Fig. 8). 'The structure of' the autographic device is bestillustrated'by' Fig. 9. The frame 170 carries the. tie rods-174; and 175which are '65. cut away at 176 to fit within the tubes 177 which extendfrom the side of the frame lt'vt. The outer ends of the shafts 174 and175 are grooved at 17 8, which groove will come into; line with thelocking lever 179, which is' riveted to the frame 164; at 180 when theframes 164 and, 170 are assembled. The lever 179 is then rocked to enterthe grooves- 178 and thereby lock the two halves of the autographicframetogether. The frame 164 carries a rod 181 which fits within thetube 182 of the supply'roll166, and thereby serves as a bearing for thesupply roll. The shaft 181 is .grooved at 183 into which groove thebent. part of the spring 184 enters when the shaft 181 is within thetube 182. Tha s!) frame 170 of the autographie is secured to the sideframe of the register at 185- and 186. v The frame 164 is supported bythe frame 170. The hand rest 187 of the autographic is locatedimmediately above the writing which -may be screwed into the threadedholes 192 in'the hand rest 187. The roll of supply paper is placed inthe autographicin the following manner; First 5 the thumb 7 screws 191are unscrewed, access being had to them by rocking the side lid shown inFig. 1, and the casing of the autographic is swung away from thevregister around its hinge 190. The lever 179 is then swung to v v theposition in which it is shown in Fig. 9,

placed upon the rod 163. The frame 16& is then replaced and the lever179 rocked to enter the grooves 178 and thereby latch the two frames164' and together. The paper is then led from the supply roll over theplatform"165 and the end of the paper is inserted in the cut 193 in thereceiving roll 166, and the receiving roll is then given one or twoturns in order that the paper will bind itself to the roll 166.] If itis desired to remove the 'autographic device entirely. from the cashregister, the thumb screws 191 are unscrewed and the pins are removed115 from the hinges 190, thus making it possible to remove the casing ofthe autographic. Then thelink 161 is disconnected from the link 143 andthe autographic frame is dis 7. connected from the'side frame of the'register. at and 186. His thenpossibleto remove the entire autographic'device.

Key releasing qncclumis-m-J3oth the-key detents are spring pressed toengaging position with the keys. In prder to release the 5 depressedkeysat the endof an operation, these detentsmust be rocl'iedldownwardly.

'The key detent 6 whi'chhold the keys in depressed arms 195 and 196 (seeFig. 6). This detent isrocked downwardly to disengage its pin 5 from thedepressed key upon the completion of an operation of the machine by thebell crank lever 197, which is loosely mounted upon the rod'198 and isactuated to force the detent 6-downwardly by the wiper pawl 199 (seeFig. 2), which is carried by the main operating arm 24 and engages theroll 200 when the arm 24 is returned to its home position. .The lever201 is pivoted to the side frame of the register at 202 and extendsdownwardly from its pivot, the downward extension being pivotallyconnected with the link 203 and when the lever is rocked at the time ofbeing engaged by the pawl 199, it draws the link 203 rearwardly and thuscauses the bell crank lever 197 to bear down upon the arm 195 andthereby lower the detents .6-to release the depressed keys. The lockingdetent 205 carries the pins 206 and, when the driving mechanism startsto opcrate, is forced upwardly to cause the pins 206 to enter thenotches 207 of all keys which are not depressed and the notch 208 of thekey which is depressed. The detent is held in engaging position untilthe completion of the operation of the machine and for this reason'prevents movement of any of the keys while the machine is being operatedThe manner of actuating the detent 205 is illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6.The gear 20, (see Fig. 5), which is caused to make one complete rotationupon each operation of the machine carries the lug. 209, which coactswith the bell crank lever 210, pivoted at 2105 so as normally to preventrotation of the gear 20 in the direction indicated by the arrow 211,(see 5). It is, therefore, necessary to rock the crank 16 slightly backto cause the gear to rotate backwardly far enough to permit the bellcrank lever to 7 drop out of the path of the lug 209 before the crank 16may be rotated in a forward direction to operate the machine. The bellcrank lever 210 is drawn downwardly by the spring 212 through itsconnection at pin 213 to a link 214- pivoted to the arm 215, which 'iscarried by the shaft 216. The shaft 216 also carries an arm 217 which isconnected by the link 218 to the lever 219 (see Fig. 6) and which issecured to the rod 220. The lever 219 carries a rod 221 which extendsinto the cut 222 in the arm 223 to which the lockin detent 205 ispivoted. The upper end 0 the detent is pivotally connected to thearm 224which is loosely j ournaled upon the shaft 225. .When the bell cranklever 210 is swung downwardly under the action of the spring 212, theshaft 216 is rocked by means of the .same spring to draw down wardlyupon the link 218 and thereby rock i the lover 219 to force the detent205 into vent manipulation of the keys while the machine is operating.Just before the gear 20 completes its rotation, the pin 226, which iscarried by the gear 20, engages the extension 227 of a pawl 228, whichis pivotally mounted at 229 to the bell crank lever 210. lVhenthe pawl228 is engaged by the pin 226, it is causedto swing on its pivot 229until the extension 230 of the pawl engages the pin 231 of the bellcrank lever 210. The continued rotation of the gear 20 causes the pin226 to cam the pawl 227 out of its path and in doing so, the lever 210is rocked to its home position whereit acts as a stop to the gear 20,and in rocking back to its home position pulls upwardly upon the link214, which, through the arm 215, shaft 216, arm 217, link 218, lever219, and pin 221, rocks the arm 223 downwardly from its pivot 232, thuscarrying the detent'215 downwardly and causing the pins 206 to move outof the notches 207 and 208 of the keys. .f

A retaining pawl 194 rests by gravity uporrthe gear 20 at such an angleas top ermit forward rotation of the gear, and the stop 210 is solocated as to stop the. gear 20 at a point where one of the teethgof the1 gear will come to rest just below the tip' of the pawl 194. It is,therefore, possible to backwardly rotate the gear 20 just 'one' toothspace of the gear as the pawl'w'ill rer pawl 194 is moved backwardly' iand special keys are carried at their lower The detents 6 of the banksofinitial into the path of the next. .toothiwhen the tooth which comes torest beneath the? 7 ends by arms 233 which are, differently shaped fromthe arms 19 6 of the detents 6 of the amount banks. :Oneof these arms ofp the special and initial banks is illustrated in Fig. 5 at 231. It isshaped to extend in under the rod 234, which is carried by the arm 235,rigid with the shaft 216 normally to prevent the oscillation of theshaft 216,.

and the shaft 216 must oscillate in order to permit the bell crank lever210 to clear the lug of the gear20. Therefore, before the machine can beoperated, it is necessary to key 100 is actuated, is also connected toraise the key detents and thereby release the main crank handle. Asshown inFig. 3, the'key detents for the transaction and initial keys areprovided at their upper ends with projections 318, which are in the pathof frame rod 317, and are raised thereby iviientheresetting key 100 isactuated. It will, therefore, be seen that an actuation of the resettingkey will serve to release the lock forthe crank handle withoutdepression of the initial or department keys. Moreover the elevation ofthe key detents by rod 217 preventssubsequentactuation of'the keys, assuch keys are locked by the detents.

Drawer latch and drawer 'reZease.-The drawer latch is indicated at 235,(see Fig. It is merely a: spring pressed hook which hooks over the rearwall 236 of the cash drawer and normally prevents the cash drawer fromopening under. the action of" its springs 237. The oscillating shaftcarries an arm 238 to which is pinned 'the roll 239,- When the shaft 30is rocked in the direction indicated by the arrow 240, the 'roll 239,engages the pawl 241 on the latch 235 and merely rocks the pawl upon itspivot 242, but'upon the return movement of the shaft 30, the roll 239engages the surface '243 of the pawl 241, and as the pawl is preventedfrom rocking by the pin 2% on the latch 235,*the roll 239 compels thelatch 235 to rock upwardly from its pivot notion of the springs 237. Thecash drawer is returned to. its inner position by hand and -:when, movedinwardly, it forces the pawl 235 upwardly until the wall 236 passes the"liook of the pawl, when the pawl drops jdownwardly' and holds thedrawer in its *finncgposition.

.,;,1Qfi6f(lti0n.-+The operation of the device is'as follows: If a cashsale is to be recorded, theoperator will depress. his initial 40-.

key, the cash key, which is the upper key in the b'ankof special keysand the amount keys which represent the amount he "wishes to record. Thecrank handle 16 is then twice rotated causing the segments ,3 to movedownwardly until stopped by the depressed key, when the segments arelocked their lowered positions. The

cam 76 is rocked into engagement with the roller 66', of'the beam .59and thereby efl'ects the setting of the-indicators. The cam 76 is thenrocked clear of the roll 66, the totalizer is rocked into mesh with the.

. segments 7 9, the locking pawls 46 are moved out of engagement withthe alining teeth 47 of the segments 3 and all of the segments arereturnedfto their zero positions,by means of therod 3S which is rockedupwardly for,

this purpose and "as the segments 79 are meshed with the totalizer 78upon the return of the segments 3, the amount which has been set up onthe key board will be accumulated in the totalizer. Thetype segments areset simultaneously with the indi Gators by means of the arms 63, shaftsv64,

7 arm 65 and link 67, which connect. the indicator setting li'nks 61with the type carrier 68. The shaft 30 is caused to oscillate by means'ofits connection with the oscillating arm 24, this connection being thearm 29 which is secured to the shaft 30, and the link 28 which connectsthe arm 29 with the main operating arm 24. The shaft 30 cars ries thearm 238 which operates the drawer latch 235 at the end of the operationof the machine. The arm 24 rocks'forwardlv while the segments 3 aremoved downwardly and returns with the segments 3, but the arm 24 doesnot remain at rest in its forward position as the segments 3 do,-butcontinues to move-forwardly at which time the cams 76 and56 which areoperated by the shaft 30 become effective, one positioning theindicators while the segments are at rest, the other locking thesegments againstmovement while at rest. The oscillating, shaft 30,through the mechanism'illustrated in, Fig. 8, viz., the arm 144, link145, arm 146 and link 1 19 serves to oscillate the lever 143, and whenoscillated causes the feed of the strip of detail paper and also thefeedof the autographic paper and actuates the spring pressed platen arm 140to cause an impression to be made immediately after the feed of thedetailstrip 159 is accomplislied. When special transactions, such asCharge, Paid out, or Received on account are recorded,the machine isoperated in the same way except that the, totalizer is not meshed withthe segments 79.; Therefore, the amounts of these special transactionsare merely recorded by the printing mechanism and indicated, but it ishere that the autographic device is particularly useful, in that, itenables"the op erator to make notations upon the, autographic stripregarding the particular transaction and as the autographic strip andthe detail strip are fed like amounts upon each operation of themachine,it is a simple matter to ascertain to which record on the detailstrip 159 a particularnotation on the autographic strip relates.

The autographic device isnot only useful for receiving notations inregard to special transactions, but may-also be used to keep track-ofstock, or records of the articles which are sold.

It will be seen from Fig.- 2,1that the main operating mechanism forms aso called fiquick return" device, such quick return following from thefact that the driving rolls; 21 is much nearer the pivot 17 of the crankarm 23 as the roller returns to the position of the figure than in itsmotion away from the position shown. It will, therefore, be evident thateven if the crank handle has a constant angular velocity, the velocityof movement of the driven parts will vary not only during separateparts. of the strokes of main lever 24, but also the whple return oflever 24 will be quicker than its forward motion. This construction isof distinct advantage for the reason, among others, that the slowforward motion of lever 24 prevents a jumping ahead of the operating rod38, as compared to the segments 3.

, While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat itis not intended to confine the invention to theone form ofembodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment invarious forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

. What is claimed is as follows l 1. In a machine of the classdescribed, an autographic mechanism comprising a side frame,carryingrodsprojecting. from said frame, a second side frame, sleevesprojecting from said'second frame and positioned to surround saidprojecting rods, a latch carried by said second side frame andpositioned to engage said projecting rods to lock said frame'in properposition, a record table carried by one of said side frames, and devicesfor supplying and feeding a record strip; in combination with a cashregister having movable parts, with connections from said movable partsto the feeding devices of the autographic mechanism.

2. In an accounting machine, the coinbina-- tion with a totalizercomprising a plurality of pinions, of means for differentially rotatingthe pinions of the totalizer in, a forward direction, meansforba-ckwardly rotating the totalizerpinions to their .zero positions, adepressible resettin key for controlling said latter means, rivingmechanism. and means operated by the driving mechanism for preventingthe resetting key from being held in a position intermediateitsundepressed positionv andits depressed position.

3. In an accounting machine, the combination with a totalizer comprisinga plurahty of pinions, of means .for rotating said pinions in a forwarddirection, means for 'backwardly rotating .the pinions to their zeropositions, a depressible resetting key" for controlling said means,driving mechanism, a,member operated by thejdrivin mechanism and aco-acting member carried by the resetting key, said members operatingwhen the driving mechanism is operated to cause the resetting key to bemoved either to its. undepressed postion or its. fully depressedposition if the resettting key is in anintet- 'mediate position at thetime the driving-Jv mechanism is operated.

4. In an accounting machine, the combination with a.totalizerfcomprising a plurality of pinions, means for diflerentiallyrotating the totalizer pinions in a forward direction, means forbackwardly rotating the totalizer pinions to their zero positions,v

member which is actuated by the driving mechanism which when the drivingmechanism is operated moves toward the member 7 carried by the resettingkey and cams the same to force the resetting key to its undepressedposition or to its fully depressed position if the resetting key is inan intermediate position. 5. In an accountin mechanism, the combinationwith a totahzer comprising a plurality of pinions, of means fordifferentially rotating the totalizer inions in a forward direction,means for ackwardly rotating the totalizer pinions to their zeropositions, a. depressible key for controlling said means, drivingmechanism, and means actuated by the driving mechanism which, if the keyis only partly to its undepressed position. v 6. In an accountingmachine, the combina: tion with atotalizer comprising a plurality ofpinions, of means for differentially rotating the pinions in a forwarddirection, means forbackwardly rotating the pinions to their zeropositions, a key for controlling said means, driving mechanism, and:means depressed will force the key hack operated by the drivingmechanism which.

will force the key into its fully depressed position if the key has onlybeen partly depressed.

7. In an accounting machine, the combination with registering mechanism,ofdriving' mechanism for the registering mecha-. nism, depressible-keysfor controlling the driving mechanism, a detent for retaining said keysin depressed positions, a machine nism, depressible keys for controlingithe.

driving mechanism, a locking ,detent which operates. to lock the keysagainst movement a machine lock actuated by a backward movement of thedriving mechanism, and connections whereby said machine lock-opcrates'the locking detent. 1 I i A 9. In an accountin machine, thecombinationwith a registering device and driving mechanism for operating theregistering device, of a manipulative devicefa stop arranged to preventthe driving mechanism from passing its home position upon anpporationofthe machine, means, for-moving. I the stop ,to permit an operation ofthe ma when the driving mechanism is in operation,

chine, devices normally preventing opera-- tion of said means, andconnections from said manlpulatlve device for disabling said preventingdevices.

natioii with a registering mechanism, means for resetting the same tozero, a depressible key for controllingsaid resetting means, a

main operating mechanism and connections intermediate the key and mainoperating mechanism for controlling the latter from the former and meansactuated by'said main operating mechanism for forcing the key into itsfully depressed position if the key has been only partly depressed.

12. In an accounting machine, the combination with a registeringmechanism, means forresetting the same to zero, a depressible key forcontrolling said resetting means, a main operating mechanism andconnections intermediate the keyand main operating mechanism forcontrolling the latter from the former and means actuated bysaid mainoperating mechanism for forcing the key back to its undepressed positionif the key has been only partly depressed.

13. In an accounting machine, the combination with a registeringmechanism, means for resetting'the same to zero, a depressible key forcontrolling saidresetting means, a main operating mechanism andconnections intermediate the key and main operating mechanism forcontrolling the latter from the former and means actuated by said mainoperating mechanism for forcing the key either into its fully depressedposition or back to its undepressedposition if the key has been onlypartly depressed,

14. In an accounting mechanism, the combination with a registeringmechanism and v means for resetting the same to zero, a mainoperatingdevice and means for normally locking the same against operation, aresetting key for controlling the operation of said resetting means anddisabling said locklng means and means actuated by the main operatingdevice for forcing the key into its fully depressed position if the keyhas been only partly depressede' 15. In an accounting mechanism, thecombination with registering mechanism and means for resetting the sameto zero, a main operating device and means for normally locking the sameagainst operation, a resetting key for controlling the operation of saidresetting means and disabling said locking means and means actuated bythe main operating device for forcing the key back to its undepressedposition if the key has been only partly depressed.

16. In an accounting machine, the combination with a registeringmechanism and 7 means for resetting the same to zero, a main operatingdevice and means for normally locking the same against operation, aresetting key for controlling the operation of saidresetting means anddisabling said' looking means and means actuated by the main operatingdevice for forcing the key either into its fully depressed position orback to its undepressed position it" thekey has been only partlydepressed. In'testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in the presenceof two Witnesses.

CHARLES F. KETTERING. WILLIAM A. CHRYST. Witnesses:

F. E. HAMILTON, R. RUMMLER.

